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   forum

   /ˈfɔːrəm/

   noun

   • 1. a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged: "we hope these pages act as a forum for debate" Similar meetingassemblygatheringconferenceseminarconventioncolloquyconvocationcongressrallycouncilsymposiumconclavecongregationsynoddietcaucusinformal:get-togetherrare:colloquiumsettingplacescenecontextstageframeworkbackdropmediummeansagencychannelavenuevehiclemechanismapparatusauspices
   • ▪ a website or web page where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' postings.
   • 2. a court or tribunal. North American
   • 3. (in an ancient Roman city) a public square or marketplace used for judicial and other business. Similar public meeting placepublic squaremarketplaceagora

   Word Origin late Middle English (in forum (sense 3)): from Latin, literally ‘what is out of doors’, originally denoting an enclosure surrounding a house; related to fores ‘(outside) door’. forum (sense 1) dates from the mid 18th century.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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